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The Most Joyous Pain
By Sara Esther Crispe
As we began to ride we heard the sirens. First one, quickly followed by another, then another, until their wailing filled the streets and pierced the skies. As each ambulance passed, my contractions grew more intense  4 Comments | |
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The Nesting Instinct
By Sarah Zadok
After I dropped off the 5 full garbage bags of 'give-aways' at a local charity this morning, I cleaned out, wiped down, sorted out, and re-stocked our 3 door-bathroom chest. I'm in my 9th month of pregnancy and I've got the nesting instinct big time... 4 Comments | |
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Birthing
By Sara Esther Crispe
It is painful, exciting, scary, unbelievable. There is no turning back. We were created to create, and it is time... 4 Comments | |
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The Wonder That Is Woman
By Yanki Tauber
Everyone can become a "mother." What comes naturally to the female half of creation can be learned and assimilated by all, and not only in giving birth to children but in every one of life's endeavors. 2 Comments | |
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Due Date
By Sara Esther Crispe
I am constricted, I am uncomfortable, I am in pain. I am in exile from my body, my emotions and my true state of being. I am anxious and annoyed and annoying. I am actually experiencing galut for the first time 5 Comments | |
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A Mother's Plea
By Chana Weisberg
I have come so far. I have not enjoyed the suffering, or the unrest, yet I have accepted that it will come to an end, a glorious end that will create a beautiful new beginning. 1 Comment | |
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Midwives
Pioneers of Faith
By Sarah Zadok
Childbirth, perhaps more than any other life event, is an experience that demands a strong dose of faith and surrender. No matter how well planned or organized we may be, the inevitable moment will arise... 12 Comments | |
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Intercultural Adoption & You
By Yisrael Rice
Plucking a child out of his or her native environment is very traumatizing for the child. But sometimes the child's very life depends on it. Here's what you can do to ease the transition... 3 Comments | |
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Population Explosion
By Elisha Greenbaum
It may be a truism that no person has ever declared on their deathbed, "I
wish I'd spent more time at the office," but I guarantee neither has anyone ever
said, "I wish I'd had fewer children. 7 Comments | |
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Zahavah's Friend
By Tuvia Bolton
"I have a friend called Sarah," said the woman on the other end of the line. "She’s pregnant and says she can’t afford another child, so she decided to have an abortion..." 4 Comments | |
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The Power of the Mother
An address by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M Schneerson
It is not only the mother that physically houses the fetus, nourishing it, caring for it and helping it develop, but just as the mother brings forth this life from within her, so too, she spiritually gives her baby life and identity. This is why the baby's Jewishness can come from no one other than his or her mother. Watch (7:18) | |
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Mother's Milk, Mother's Faith
By Elana Mizrahi
It's been two years. Two years of holding my son close to my heart and feeding him from the milk that flowed forth from my body. Two years of sleepless nights and exhausted days... 1 Comment | |
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Thoughts From a Post-Partum Mom
By Elana Mizrahi
The pregnancy flew by and I found myself in labor. Frida Tamar, my daughter, was born, another blessing, another miracle. Why then did I find myself crying every night? 10 Comments | |
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